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Subject: Re: What for 0.5?
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis:

> I think we should aim for a 0.5 release within 2 to 4 weeks.  So, what
> do we put in there?
>
> We already have nice things:
>
>   =E2=80=A2 Better patch handling.
>
>   =E2=80=A2 MIPS/N32 port.
>
>   =E2=80=A2 Monads, and other API improvements.
>
> In addition, I think we should:
>
>   =E2=80=A2 Switch to GCC 4.8 as the default compiler, and thus rebuild t=
he
>     bootstrap binaries; optionally, arrange so that those bootstrap
>     binaries are the fixed point.
>
>   =E2=80=A2 Merge the =E2=80=98loongson=E2=80=99 branch in =E2=80=98core-=
updates=E2=80=99.
>
>   =E2=80=A2 Come up with a new VM demo image, with a better (gnu system) =
API,
>     and using a new dmd release (more on that later).
>
>   =E2=80=A2 More packages, ideally in the GUI/desktop area (you can help!=
 :-)).
>
> What do you think?  Anything else?

I think we now have most of what we wanted, so it=E2=80=99s now reasonable =
to
aim for a release within 1 week.  I=E2=80=99ll spend most of that time on t=
he VM
image, and looking at open bugs.  Help welcome!

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.